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<h1 class="topictitle1">Checking the Driver</h1>
<div><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p19922089589">Drivers are used to read and write tapes. This section describes how to check the driver of a tape library.</p>
<div class="section" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_section20185152292111"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_ul14217122112212"><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li112171722152219">Ensure that at least one tape exists in the tape library and the tape is not in the import/export slot. Otherwise, the driver cannot be identified.</li><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li152483245225">Unloading tapes from virtual tape libraries and canceling allocation of tape libraries or drives are high-risk operations, which will cause tapes or drives of the <span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text982019815403">OceanProtect</span> to be unavailable.</li></ul>
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<div class="section" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_section18603115913335"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_ol16741124252118"><li id="helpcenter000179__li79299103444"><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839223177_en-us_topic_0000001132896521_en-us_topic_0000001125223205_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_uicontrol123381932135316"><b><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839223177_en-us_topic_0000001132896521_en-us_topic_0000001125223205_text3591711162920">System</span> &gt; <span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839223177_en-us_topic_0000001132896521_en-us_topic_0000001125223205_text134875310309">Infrastructure</span> &gt; <span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839223177_text102788238478"><strong>Archive Storage Library</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li3233732194510"><span>On the <span class="uicontrol" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001839144865_uicontrol120212905318"><b><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001839144865_text1278022313534"><strong>Tape</strong></span></b></span> tab page, select a node and click <span class="uicontrol" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001839144865_uicontrol663051135311"><b><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_en-us_topic_0000001839144865_text6263729145310"><strong>Tape Library</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li88753592517"><span>Click the <span class="uicontrol" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_uicontrol387992019255"><b><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text11821611193"><strong>Name</strong></span></b></span> of a tape library. In the window that is displayed, click the <span class="uicontrol" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_uicontrol45563461259"><b><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text313471314199"><strong>Driver</strong></span></b></span> tab.</span></li><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li15788131016343"><span>View the drivers in the driver list. <a href="#helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_table1270093118346">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.</span><p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_table1270093118346"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001839144881_table1270093118346"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_table1270093118346" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Driver parameters</caption><colgroup><col style="width:26.83%"><col style="width:73.17%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_row1370033111344"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.83%" id="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.1"><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p16700193112343">Parameter</p>
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<tbody><tr id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_row970015319346"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.83%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p87001931153417"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text26715424195"><strong>Name</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="73.17%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p0735182492112">Name of a driver, which is generated by the system. The name is in the format of <strong id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_b19300185824715">Driver + </strong><em id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_i16232945174810">ID</em>. IDs are sorted according to the scanning sequence of drivers.</p>
<p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p11700103153413">Example: <strong id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_b18462133320379">Driver 0</strong></p>
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<tr id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_row19700131183417"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.83%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p370033143420"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text533619498191"><strong>Running Status</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="73.17%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p2700153119342">Running status of a driver.</p>
<ul id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_ul14419439354"><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li184144317359"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text1491442242019"><strong>Enabled</strong></span>: The driver has been enabled.</li><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li12856185973515"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text95591628192011"><strong>Disabled</strong></span>: The driver has been disabled.</li></ul>
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<tr id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_row1433123374610"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.83%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p193314336467"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text960594610462"><strong>Compression Status</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="73.17%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p833113384610">Compression function status of the driver.</p>
<ul id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_ul83561145497"><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li17356174519915"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text129910171491"><strong>Enable</strong></span>: The compression function is enabled for the driver.</li><li id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_li635617453910"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text175111431596"><strong>Disable</strong></span>: The compression function is disabled for the driver.</li></ul>
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<tr id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_row1370013316342"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.83%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_p107011931113411"><span id="helpcenter000179__en-us_topic_0000001839144881_text68791545204"><strong>Tag of Loaded Tape</strong></span></p>
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